Program Overview

Explore the complex social, commercial and sustainability challenges faced by multinational corporations and diverse communities through La Trobe's Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Global Studies.

Co-designed with industry leaders, our double degree gives you a strong grounding in the issues facing key regions and countries around the world. You'll understand global problems and policy responses, and how to develop tools to tackle the challenges of the future. You'll be prepared for the globalised world and the complex web of relationships negotiated by governments and multinationals every day.

By completing La Trobe's Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Global Studies, you will:

Major: Japanese Studies Advanced

With a Japanese studies major, you'll build competence in the modern Japanese language and study Japanese society, civilisation and culture.  You will learn to see the world from multiple perspectives through the study of language and culture. You will be taught by enthusiastic staff who specialise in sociology and anthropology of education, minorities, Koreans in Japan, gender, literary studies and popular culture. Japanese Studies major graduates have found employment in teaching, hospitality industry, diplomacy, government, international business, publishing, tourism, and translating, both in Japan and Australia. Japanese is one of the major LOTE subjects in Australian schools. You are encouraged to participate in an exchange program (one or two semesters) at one of the many universities with which La Trobe has exchange agreement. (Please note: overseas programs may be impacted by travel restrictions.) Japanese is taught at a number of levels, from beginners through to advanced. A placement test and interview may be used to determine a student’s suitability for entry level.